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Xine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Xine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Xine Segalas
Goodreads Author
Born
in New York, NY, The United States
Website
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Genre
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Ray_Bradbury [1630]
Member Since
October 2015
Hi, I’m Xine Segalas—reader, card designer, and author of Xine’s Pack of Strays & Others.
I’ve reviewed 500+ books (and counting!) here on Goodreads, and I tend to fall for the ones that linger—the stories that stay with you, start conversations, or quietly break your heart.
Most days, you’ll find me listening to audiobooks while I design, and ending the night with a few quiet pages before bed. Even when I’m not posting as often, I’m always reading, always thinking, and always creating in the background.
“How I Rate Books”
I love reading across genres and always try to balance how a book made me feel with how well it was written. My star ratings reflect both enjoyment and craftsmanship — the kind of stories that stay with me versus the ones t ...more
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Xine's Pack of Strays & Others: A Memoir
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* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
Why I Read the Way I Do
A place to begin – again.
This past year was particularly rough for me.
My house was under construction—all year—and still is, with a seemingly endless punch list that continues to demand attention. If only that had been the hardest thing we had to endure.
The longest day of the year—the official start of summer—was beautiful. The weather was warm, and the sunset over the mountains lingered as late a
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Xine’s Recent Updates
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Xine Segalas
is 88% done with Raising Athena
Raising Athena: A Mother and Daughter Attend West Point Thirty Years Apart
by Mylinh Brewster Shattan (Goodreads Author)
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is 29% done with The Broken Girls
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rated a book it was amazing
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| I love watching birds. I will sit for a long time at the window watching the birds visit our balcony feeder. So I was immediately drawn to Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood. I expected to learn about bird behavior and the natural world. What I didn ...more | |
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Jun 17, 2026 10:17AM
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| "The Storm" by Kate Chopin is a beautifully written, provocative short story that feels as daring today as it must have when first written in 1898. Chopin's vivid and evocative language pulls the reader into the charged atmosphere of the unfolding ev ...more | |
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“So many books, so little time.”
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“Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“Scents were like rain, or birds. They left and came back.”
― The Scent Keeper
― The Scent Keeper
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